Back in the swing of things....

Hello all!
I don't know about you but it seems to be taking me a while to get back into any sort of routine.  That includes crafting!  After a 2 week break, I'm finding it difficult to create anything - my enthusiasm is coming in fits and starts.  One quick burst enabled me to come up with a simple birthday card using a Teddy Bea digi.  I think I'm leaning towards more simple cards this year, trying to focus on the image more than anything else - I'm not that good at loading my cards up with a ton of embellishments, even after looking at all the fabulous creations out there for inspiration.
 

                    Anyway, here we go with a simple card; the image coloured with Copics and a touch of bling added with some adhesive pearls -  I also smudged some chalk ink around the edges and added my own computer generated sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the challenges at Teddy Bo (birthdays), Oozak (pink and bling) , A and T Emerald Faeries (Celebration) ,  Through the Craftroom Door, Top Tip Tuesday (fur or feathers) , Ooh La La Creations (birthday).

Thanks for popping in to take a look :)

Bye baby bunting......

Just popping in with a quick card I made for the CMC challenge which is baby themed.  I thought I would keep the colour scheme to non-gender specific so went with yellow.  I was a bit stuck for inspiration but wanted to keep it fairly simple so I just went with a basic rattle shape with a little touch of pearly bling :)

This can also go into the baby challenge at Crafty Creations and Ooh-la-la-creations .

It really is hot here today so I'm a bit drained and havn't got much more to say about this :(

Thanks for popping by and also a big thank you for all the lovely comments about my window photo frame, they really made my day :)

Girly goodness

Good morning - hope you are all keeping well?  I'm beginning to think that June is going to be a 'bleh' month, weather-wise, just as May was.........  where has the sunshine gone?
Still, bad weather = more crafting time :)

This card is done using a Make it Crafty digi (Lizzie with gift) and I actually planned the colours for a challenge before I went ahead and coloured it!  Usually I colour the image and then try and find a challenge to fit it into - I'm not very organized when it comes to challenges!  Anyway this colour scheme was done for the Colour me creative 'pink and green' challenge and it also happens to fit in with the TTCRD distressing challenge,  (I distressed the edges of the cardstock layers) and the 'make it girly' challenge at Ooh la la creations .

Isn't she cute?

Thanks for popping by!

Parisienne chic

Good morning :)
I'm following up from my London posting by hopping across the English Channel to the very stylish city of Paris!  This is another digi from my latest City stamp set available now at CYDI LilyPink Designs .  I kept it simple and feminine by stamping a background using lilac and grey inks and adding an inked and punched card embellishment.  The digi was lightly coloured with Copics and I dripped a small amount of the Colourless Blender over it to add a worn and distressed feel.

I don't know why it is but images of Paris always seem to have a shabby chic feel to them and with that in mind, I'm entering this card into the following challenges -
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - Not too shabby
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Make it Girly (106)
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ - Vintage
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ - Distress it (69)
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping today :)